Academics

Connections 20090. Understanding Children: Psychology and Literature

How do psychology and literature speak to and about children? How do the disciplines address children’s fears? Attachments? Understandings of race and gender? These are some of the questions that will be explored through examining scientific research in PSY 315, Social and Emotional Development, and through analyzing literary texts in ENG 286, Children’s Literature.

Connections:ENG 286Children's Literature
and PSY 315Social and Emotional Development

Connected Courses

An in-depth historical survey of British and U.S. children’s literature focused on appreciating the texts as literature, but also addressing their responsiveness to children’s needs and interests and other cultural contexts. Readings include Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Little Women, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Charlotte’s Web, Where the Wild Things Are and much more.

In this course, the growth of social and emotional competence that emerges from children’s experiences in their relationships with others (e.g., parents, other children, cultural context) will be explored through in-depth reading and discussion of such topics as attachment, emotions, gender role development, development of the self, moral development and more. Special attention will be […]